This article is part of a News-Decoder series of “decoders” that explain crucial background to big issues. For more decoders, click here. By Emma Bapt The biggest leak in history, the Panama Papers have cast an uncompromising glare on the inner workings of...
This is the first in a series of decoders by our summer intern, Emma Bapt. For more decoders explaining big events, click here. By Emma Bapt Britain votes on June 23 whether to remain in the European Union in a referendum with potentially momentous consequences for...
I’ve spent the past year in France. I’m not French, but I no longer identify completely as an American. It’s given me a new perspective. A Muslim student puts on her head scarf as she leaves high school in Lille, France, 2 September 2004. France bans...
Vladimir Putin is a product of Russian society and power-hungry friends. But the West has helped make him what he is by its treatment of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, with his predecessor and former mentor, Boris Yeltsin, at the Kremlin, Moscow, 7...
“Society sets high expectations for beauty. We need to realize we are all beautiful in our own form.” – Photographer Alexandra Hawley — A photo essay by Alexandra Hawley — I decided to address “beauty” and the hurt that is...
By William Watkins When Syrian armed forces recaptured the ancient desert city of Palmyra from the Islamic State jihadist movement in March, the world may have seen a turning point in the five-year-old war. Whether or not it was a watershed, important lessons can be...
By Kelvin Green II The leader of Taiwan’s political party that favors independence from China made history today when she took office as the island’s first woman president. China is hoping the history-making stops there. Unlike the Kuomintang party, which...
The U.S. heartland — “flyover country” — is sending surprising signals about the presidential election and disenchanted voters. At a rally for Bernie Sanders, Evansville, Indiana, 2 May 2016 (Jason Clark/Evansville Courier & Press via AP)...
Despite its rich history and glamorous look, Bournemouth is a British town where poverty and wealth co-exist, cheek by jowl. — Photo Essay by Liam Grace — Wealth and poverty share a British town13Wealth and poverty share a British town13 Wealth and poverty...
Syrian refugee holds onto his children as he struggles to walk off a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos, 24 September 2015. (REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis) By Annique Browne What’s the biggest threat to U.S. national security? During this year’s presidential...